The Top 99 Places to Eat Near Chef 1996
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Rank 1. Chef 1996
Modern Si Chuanese
Pork sliced thin enough to hold up to the light is the calling card here, a modern Sichuan restaurant in Chaoyang where the chef, a native of Emei, treats the cuisine's famously layered heat as a palette rather than a blunt instrument. The room draws a crowd that takes its Sichuan seriously, and the kitchen obliges with food that is fiery and precise in equal measure. It holds a spot in the Michelin Guide.
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Rank 2. Tan
Sichuan
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Rank 4. Lamdre
Vegan
A pitched-roof skylight fills the minimalist dining room with natural light, and the handpicked ceramics suggest you're somewhere that has thought carefully about everything. Lamdre is a fine-dining vegan restaurant in Sanlitun holding two Michelin stars and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list, where a seasonally changing menu draws on China's regional traditions and the chef's research trips into the country's lesser-known ingredients. The name comes from Tibetan Buddhism, which tells you the vibe isn't purely culinary.
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Rank 5. Chao Shang Chao (Chaoyang)
Chaozhou Cantonese
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Rank 6. Shanghai Cuisine
Shanghainese
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Rank 7. Cai Yi Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 9. Jingji
Beijing
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Rank 10. MO Jasmine
Beijing
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Rank 11. The House of Dynasties
Cantonese
Seven private dining rooms, each named after a Chinese dynasty, ring the main hall at this Cantonese restaurant on the fourth floor of Rosewood Beijing. The kitchen holds a Michelin star and runs on a philosophy of restraint, letting the ingredient lead rather than the technique. The pastry course, a molten jackfruit number the chef has been refining for years, tends to stay with people.
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Rank 12. Seventh Son
Cantonese
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Rank 13. Lu Shang Lu
Shandong
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Rank 14. Rong Pao
Sichuan
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Rank 17. Giada Garden
Northern Italian
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Rank 19. Gastro Esthetics at DaDong
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 22. Bao Yuan
Dumplings
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Rank 23. King's Joy
Vegetarian
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Rank 27. Maison Flo
French
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Rank 29. Jia (Chaoyang)
Cantonese
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Rank 30. La Chansonnière
Contemporary French
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Rank 31. Les Morilles
Modern French
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Rank 32. My Soup
Cantonese
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A restored courtyard mansion in a Beijing hutong, with high ceilings and a view that shifts through the seasons. This is a Michelin-starred dining room built around traditional Beijing cooking given a careful modern rethink. The Peking duck, fired over jujube wood and served three ways, is the anchor, but the kitchen ranges further than that. Beijing-themed cocktails round out a meal that takes the city's culinary past seriously without turning it into a museum.
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Rank 34. Mio
Italian
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Rank 36. Yue Jie (Qi Yang Road)
Cantonese
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Rank 37. Beef & Dumplings (Chaoyang)
Dumplings
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Rank 38. Huai Xiang Guo Se
Huaiyang
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Rank 39. Blackswan
French Contemporary
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Rank 40. Xiang Lin Tian Xia
Hunanese
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Rank 41. Zijin Mansion
Cantonese
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Rank 43. Amico BJ
Japanese-influenced Italian
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Rank 44. Ji Chuan
Sichuan
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Rank 46. Mingyuan Restaurant
Beijing
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Rank 47. Fu Man Yuan (Xinyuanli)
Beijing
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Rank 48. L. Bodhi (Guanghua Road)
Vegetarian
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Rank 49. Lei Garden (Jinbao Tower)
Cantonese
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Rank 50. Jin Cai Xuan
Cantonese
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Rank 51. Char (South Sanlitun Road)
Steakhouse
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Rank 52. Trb Hutong
Contemporary French
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Rank 53. Country Kitchen
Beijing
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Rank 54. Bao Bao Hao
Cantonese
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Rank 56. Lu Style (Anding Road)
Shandong
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Rank 57. Jing
Basque
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Rank 59. In Love (Gongti East Road)
Hunanese
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Rank 60. Zhiguan Courtyard
Liaoning Chinese
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Rank 61. Fu Chun Ju
Cantonese
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The Salvo brothers set up a Neapolitan pizzeria in Beijing and, somewhere along the way, made it a serious reference point for the form across Asia. The dough is soft and properly blistered, the crust light enough to suggest restraint but satisfying enough to suggest experience. Classic pies lean into tradition without apology; a few contemporary options show the kitchen hasn't stopped thinking. Pasta is on too, and the room is spacious and wine-lined, the service polished without stiffness.
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Rank 63. Xin Ming Yuen
Cantonese
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Rank 65. Pang Mei Noodles (Xiang'er Hutong)
Chongqing-style Noodles
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Rank 66. Lao Chuan Ban
Sichuan
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Rank 70. Zhong
Huaiyang
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Rank 71. Huaiyang Fu (Dongcheng)
Huaiyang
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Rank 72. Brasserie 1893
Contemporary French
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Rank 74. 1949 - Duck de Chine
Cantonese
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Rank 75. Jing Hua Lou
Beijing
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Rank 76. Rive Gauche
Contemporary French
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Rank 77. Yu Hua Tai (Xicheng)
Huaiyang
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Rank 79. Furong
Hunanese
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Rank 80. Chao Shang Chao (Xicheng)
Chao Zhou
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Rank 83. Yan Garden by Chef Fei
Chao Zhou
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Rank 84. Hong 0871
Yunnanese
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Rank 89. Yibin
Sichuan
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Rank 90. Tong Chun Yuan
Jiangzhe
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Rank 92. Ladychai
Noodles
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Rank 94. Hong Fan Qie (Yuyuantan South Road)
Hubei Chinese
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Rank 95. Qiao Dong Bei (Dongcheng)
Dongbei Chinese
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Rank 96. La Roba
Yunnanese
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Rank 97. Everlasting Happiness
Hunanese
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Rank 98. Héritage East
Contemporary Chinese
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Rank 99. Fujian Restaurant
Fujian